Two famous emblem books published by Christophe Plantin, bound together



SAMBUCUS, Johannes.
Emblemata, et aliquot nummi antiqui operis ... Quarta editio. Cum emendatione & auctario copioso ipsius auctoris.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1576.
With: (2) ALCIATI, Andrea. Emblematum ... libri II. Additae sunt aliquot in altero libro figurae.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1567. 2 works in 1 volume. 16mo. Ad 1: with Plantin's woodcut printers device on the title page, 2 woodcut portraits, 221 woodcut emblems (ca. 5 x 5.5 cm) in the text, and 90 woodcut illustrations (depicting the recto and verso of 45 ancient coins). Ad 2: with Plantins woodcut printers device on the title page and 131 woodcut emblems (ca. 3.5 x 5 cm). Late 17th or early 18th-century gold-tooled calf 352; 158, [1] pp. Full description
€ 2,500
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1576.
With: (2) ALCIATI, Andrea. Emblematum ... libri II. Additae sunt aliquot in altero libro figurae.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1567. 2 works in 1 volume. 16mo. Ad 1: with Plantin's woodcut printers device on the title page, 2 woodcut portraits, 221 woodcut emblems (ca. 5 x 5.5 cm) in the text, and 90 woodcut illustrations (depicting the recto and verso of 45 ancient coins). Ad 2: with Plantins woodcut printers device on the title page and 131 woodcut emblems (ca. 3.5 x 5 cm). Late 17th or early 18th-century gold-tooled calf 352; 158, [1] pp. Full description